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JW Marriott Houston Downtown announced the appointment of Dawn Schuller as senior sales manager at the under-construction hotel to open in summer 2014. The conversion of the historic Samuel F. Carter Building at 806 Main St. will add 328 guest rooms to the Houston market.

Mark O. Sikes, principal of the Deal Sikes & Associates valuation and counseling firm, has been appointed to the City of Houston Planning Commission. The commission, appointed by the Mayor Annise Parker and the Houston City Council, studies real estate development issues and makes recommendations to the City Council, and reviews and approves subdivision and development plats.

Morgan, a multifamily development, construction and property management, has named Shelley Watson senior vice president/director of national operations. She will be responsible for overseeing a portfolio of multifamily assets located in Texas, California, Florida, Missouri and North Carolina.

The Spring master-planned community of Harmony has named Faith Bailes as its Realtor relations director. Harmony is near Rayford Road and Riley Fuzzel Road just east of the Hardy Toll Road.

Mortgage Master has opened a Houston office and named Michael Marlow as branch manager. Joining as loan officers are Lloyd Arnold and Kimber Climie. Marlow brings to Mortgage Master 26 years of experience in the residential mortgage industry including, management, loan origination, processing, compliance and underwriting. Most recently, Marlow was founder/president of Houston-based Refund Realty and Mortgage.

Amber Nall has joined Carnan Properties as a real estate sales associate.

Wood Partners has promoted Goldie Bartlett, who has been regional property manager for the company since 2011, to vice president for its south region. Bartlett will be responsible for leading and directing all property management functions for Wood Partners’ portfolio of existing projects, projects under development and acquisitions in Florida and Georgia.

Richard Baccelli has joined JE Dunn Construction as a superintendent. He has overseen a variety of projects including auto dealerships, retail facilities, municipal buildings and interior tenant finish-outs.

Levey Group announces the appointment of John Ferruzzo and Nick Peterson of NAI Houston to provide their expertise to market IAH Business Park, a 17.5-acre industrial park along Aldine Westfield Road between Richey and Rankin, adjacent to Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Neil Levis has been named construction manager at Cross Creek Ranch, a 3,200-acre master-planned community by The Johnson Development Corp. in Fulshear. Levis will be responsible for project management planning, contract administration and safety management.

Real estate lawyer Peter M. Oxman has joined Seyfarth Shaw in Houston as a partner. Oxman joins Seyfarth from King & Spalding’s Houston office, where he was a partner in its capital transactions and Real Estate practice group.

CBRE, along with the Houston Office Leasing Brokers Association (HOLBA), announced that Kristen Rabel was named the 2013 HOLBA Landlord Representative of the Year.

Studley has hired Patrick McCrann and Bryant Lach as associates to its tenant representation focused team.

Lisa Clark of Ryko Development has been named Houston’s Developer of the Year 2103 by the Greater Houston Builders Association.

Halff Associates, an engineering/architecture consulting firm, announced the promotions of Michael G. Voinis, manager of the Houston office, to vice president and Tony Sartori, manager of the Conroe office, to vice president. Voinis’ background includes a variety of private development and large public infrastructure projects involving water and wastewater facilities, urban and rural roadways, and stormwater planning and design. Sartori has experience in the design and construction of public infrastructure, including sanitary sewer, water, drainage and stormwater planning and design, roadway and railroad design, wetland mitigation and restoration planning, environmental remediation, and municipal utility district planning.